A legendary maths wizard dubbed the world’s fastest ‘human computer’ has died.
Shakuntala Devi died age 83, at a Bangalore hospital following respiratory problems on Sunday.
Ms Devi was a child prodigy and gained world fame in 1977 when she calculated the 23rd root of a more than 100 digit number in 50 seconds – 12 seconds faster than the best performing...
A letter written by the bandmaster of the Titanic who carried on playing as the doomed ship sank has sold at auction for £93,000.
Wallace Hartley, 33, has became a key figure of the disaster as – together with his seven other band members – he carried on playing until the very last moments.
The violinist, who travelled as a second-class passenger on Titanic,...
On April 23, the USAID-funded Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) project marked the successful completion of activities in Armenia. The USAID PFS was a three-year regional program (2010-2013) with the goal of addressing the recent global financial crisis and enhancing financial sector stability and growth in 12 partner countries in the Europe and Eurasia region, including...
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